Verb

S: (v) check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back (hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of) "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"

S: (v) act, move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)) "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

S: (v) satisfice, satisfise (decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal) "optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice"

S: (v) maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre (act in order to achieve a certain goal) "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship"

S: (v) dispatch (dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently) "He dispatched the task he was assigned"

S: (v) race (to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others) "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS"

S: (v) use (habitually do something or be in a certan state or place (use only in the past tense)) "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"; "she used to be his best friend and now they are enemies"

S: (v) play it by ear (decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation) "She didn't know what to expect from her new job, so she played it by ear"

S: (v) play (act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome) "This factor played only a minor part in his decision"; "This development played into her hands"; "I played no role in your dismissal"

S: (v) deal (take action with respect to (someone or something)) "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students"

S: (v) exert (make a great effort at a mental or physical task) "exert oneself"

S: (v) egotrip (act in a way that attracts attention) "This teacher always egotrips and the students don't like him"

S: (v) reciprocate (act, feel, or give mutually or in return) "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!"

S: (v) go, proceed, move (follow a procedure or take a course) "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"

S: (v) try, seek, attempt, essay, assay (make an effort or attempt) "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"

S: (v) guard (take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence) "guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard against infection"

S: (v) begin, start (begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object) "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade"

S: (v) wait, hold off, hold back (wait before acting) "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"

S: (v) continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep (continue a certain state, condition, or activity) "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"

S: (v) do well, had best (act in one's own or everybody's best interest) "You will do well to arrive on time tomorrow!"

S: (v) continue (continue after an interruption) "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"

S: (v) continue, persist in (do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop) "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"